STORY: Hong Kong principal volunteers to build dreams for underprivileged kids
SHOOTING TIME: June 24, 2024
DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:35
LOCATION: HONG KONG, China
CATEGORY: EDUCATION

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the tutorial center
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHAN HUNG, Principal of Principal Chan Free Tutorial World
3. various of photos of volunteers, staff and students at the tutorial center

STORYLINE:

Principal Chan Free Tutorial World, a non-profit organization established in 2011, is Hong Kong's first center of its kind that specifically provides free one-to-one tutorial services and other educational support to underprivileged children.

56-year-old Hongkonger Chan Hung, known as Principal Chan of his eponymous free tutorial center, has poured all his love and passion into it over the past years.

As early as 15 years ago, Chan, a seasoned educator and writer, quitted his million-Hong Kong dollar job as principal of a Direct Subsidy Scheme secondary school to build from scratch such an organization.

Throughout these years, the organization has successfully matched nearly 22,000 tutors and students since 2011, and set up two talent centers to help nearly 200 poor students enroll in college annually.

With the funding and support from charities, the organization continues to grow bigger, and is now joined by more than 10,000 part-time volunteer tutors from all walks of life, including university students, retired teachers, office clerks and stay-at-home moms.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHAN HUNG, Principal of Principal Chan Free Tutorial World
"The majority of our volunteer tutors are from all walks of life, including stay-at-home moms, retired teachers and university students."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hong Kong, China.
(XHTV)